JMF Capstone Wealth ManagementIgnore The Dividend Hype – JMF Capstone Wealth Management https://www.jmfcapstone.com An Alabama registered investment advisor Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:30:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.22 Ignore The Dividend Hype https://www.jmfcapstone.com/2015/08/10/ignore-the-dividend-hype/ https://www.jmfcapstone.com/2015/08/10/ignore-the-dividend-hype/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:00:20 +0000 http://evolvemypractice.com/?p=2133 Even though financial theory has long held that dividend policy should be irrelevant to stock returns, there has been a rush in recent years to invest in dividend-paying stocks. This trend has been fueled both by media hype and the current regime of interest rates, which are well below historical averages. The low yields on...

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]]> Even though financial theory has long held that dividend policy should be irrelevant to stock returns, there has been a rush in recent years to invest in dividend-paying stocks. This trend has been fueled both by media hype and the current regime of interest rates, which are well below historical averages.

The low yields on safe bonds available during the past seven years have led many once-conservative investors to shift their allocations from safe bonds to much riskier dividend-paying stocks. This has been especially true for individuals who take an income—or cash-flow—approach to investing as opposed to a total return approach, which I believe is the right one.

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